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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 8 January 1879, Page 2

A^ory^aj being the Feasjt. of the Epiphany there were Mass mid devotions at tit Falrick'* Cat. hol,ii!, .Church, I'ahnerston, Father lVloreau leaving arrived hy the first train from b'oxtou, m order to officiate. VYc. learn th.nt dur-ing. his recent visit to WelHngian, Mr. VVard, tho Jttesidentj Magistrate, had an interview with t lie iiinUter of Justice, by whom he was promised a tree pass u,poii t he. railways', while travelling upon liis judicial duties. This is a judicious step, lor wliile being act ualljr nothing out of the public pocket, it will enable the magistrate to ihake more frequent visits, to iiis various 9ou.rts<. . The cricket match bet-wren Pnlmersfon and lialcomho came off on Saturday, n,n,d resulted m a victory for the former. The ground wi\s m wretched r-ondilijn, and we should advise th.-it berore it is again used something should be d,one m t he shape oi improvement. On Saturday Huff, who was ivi.-kot keeping for Palmerston received an ugly wound m the face from one of Alason's s.'ioptors, th,e ball eatehiiy hi-n right m th.n ecth. Tlierpinrn matches have ant. m, as t lie club. plays A{ wt.on on Saturday, and Foxto.n on that" d,:iy week. Palnierdioii nmv presents ft particularly lively appearance, • th.a different works m course o,r operation, being a moat satisfactory leaturo. First there is the Square, which has so far progressed aa to have posts for the chain fence. . iiu course o.f erection. Ne.xi, there, is tha new gopjs sheds, whicli are slowly b,ut surely progressing, after which comes, the long- looked platform til Teri'fice. End ; t he whole winding up with tlie contracts going on -W,i h the Borough Council tor the t'eiu:ii\go| properties m the town. All t lies* 1 , liot to speak of the numerous, private residences and. birildjngs beina put. up upon iill aide.*, sjives a stranger a wholesome idea of the stability and progress of the 'town. A short tin\o as;i) the Man.awatu was n perfect terra incognita to the .Ministei ill ken, but since, the. ice was Ly t he lion the Native Minister, the district is we believe. to, bo cUfldened with, the sitjht of two. more mem hers of tho Government — the Hous. Messrs Bjillance and Mp^njulrew. As the portfolio hel<l by the latter denls with m.nttera of great moment to settlers |m the. Count y, it is to he. hops 1 th^t when Mr doos visit this pa.rt of his charge, he will mnk^e a sufliciently kngthy stay to be aWle to obtain some knowlecLje | of th,o typography of the coiu\try, and form some judgment as to. the. most suitable ro.ute for. the proposed line o,f ravhyay. As is vvell known,, tlu M^iains at Qro.na IJridga r.re m, the habit of having yearly race meetings, and al-t honsrli t-lie.v hith.erlo did not despite assistance, from the Pakelm, tlioj )v\(\ no or : g.->nV"ecl system of obtaining lit. This year fivil-v*:itioji nninngst tlin Native* has. made n. FurJ liet' stride, as Harry I L-irkins— n sc,n-in-law of Honi Mas.on — with pen an-J piper m hand ha" left not a hon.se | uncalled at or a resident unasked m his. ac- | five canvass far subscriptions, an.d .judging from tho formidable lyrny of names on hi-r lwt, hj.^ eiJonU have met with material siif-«-ps«. The nvinner m which. Mij. L>»rkin9 ': B'auM- clevn'o ))is nasal orgnn »\t nnythin? under a half soy., was tyit at. aH compime.itnrv to flonnw, r.ot a. few of wham winced. a.s they ran tho gannl)o.t of Native, cnti«i«n). We commend the attention of o,ur render" to the article headed "- Wellington Gossip," m a.no.tht'r column, which contain* somn piinfj'>nt «t.rif > ture« iipon Mr. V-nrlpy, the so-cnlk>d Kvnngi'lis.t.. N;otwithstHnding tint the rpmnrks of Our Correspondent, would; nonpar bi-tinglvspvero and causHc, that tliev' arc fust., true, and deserved 13 proven by th<» fnof t hat f hey are endorsed by the last. num-. her. of the Dnnclin E-nanrjelixt, wliich, after centring Mr. Varley for )iis dogmatic u.ttera,npe3, expresses a hope that his sea vovn<re across tho. Strait will take tho nnChri«tian and uncharitable, b^le fjjotn off his Qtomach. Tho Native Lin;ls Court, o.ommericed its sittings m Palmerston on Mon.dav, the suh|eft Fnr Adjudication bpint pimply ma'tcr? rclntins to lind at. Awn ITnri. Dir Buller received a telegram intimating that his services wpre rp-inirefk and m resppjw therfto arrived by train on. Mo,ndn-^ evening. Alrtho.ngh. the gntherincj-.i^ by nc me'ini bs ln.«<re- M ttiyn.tjw •o.Gpa'ion o.f the inter-,:-tribal JnpeJwipjßOine months apr , still nnt n fe^v (xf tlja, old. familiar, fuc.es \ a,yo. turned i up ncain. ' ■Tbp-^n«nni monthly meeting r F the l^fanp.h enter -IHghway Bonrd wns belli on Saturdnv, Jan. 4t present — AT(;s?r3. Hnlcomho (chair), MW-irthnr, and Baile.y. A letter wn<» rorpfvocl fro-n Mr. U. Menzies, \vith rtfjard tn a rnnrt to his residence, and m conn,pftio,n therewith it was resolved that nnv pxnoivlitnrfi ho deferred for the pro pent. The following accounts were passed For pivmcmt : — Black m "re, £0 ISs j R Cnrwen. L't ISs ; B. Anderson. ;C7 IQs ; O. Lvnc, .I*l9 lls 01 ; John Mi-Kenzip, ,€3n ; John Ail-kon. £20 ; John Ail kpn ; £H0 ; John Aitkcn, .-einO; York and Lancaster, £20n. Tt was fl.videl that tl^a Board should maet cvgnin on the 10th. Tn p.nn«p.r}ue,nf!e of »hepit"herl battle \yhif?) ton(k pl-ice heuvcon S.v\rjre.nnt Honncily and Cnn9tat>)e Buchanan nr Wttnganui an Su\v d.££ W^P^j th§ iuttey lia^ b^a wu>ove4 to

Wellington, pending his transfer to another station. The vacancy thus caused m Wa.nganui is, wo believe, to be filled by the remoral of Constable JlcCiusky from Waitqtaro. Constable McClusky ahput two years since was Suh-iaspector m dhurge pf the Oaniam pistrict, but severed: his'connection m consequence o,f aome disagreement with tlie Pepurtment. Nat long since, however, he again entered the service, commencing at the foot o.f the ladder. | We hear it rumored that our worthy vepresentat ive, Mr Walter Johnstane, will shortly pay t His district his .long- promised visit, and take his constituent 3 into his confidence. We trust so; for although iVJr Johnatone during the Session just passed amply atoned far any laches during the former one, no dou,bf great mutual good \Tould be accoinplislied by Jiis being brought fucß to face with those he repre-.-sents, and learning. their wants. vi,oa voce. Our Foxton^contemporary is jubilant over the supposed settlement o,f the West Coast Railway mute, which it states is to go to that to.wn.ship,. Well, if such really be the case, it has good reason fo.r congratulating itself, for which we by no means blame it. -However, you never can tell til>l the pumhers are i\p, and it ia'j^u.st possible that the jubilation may be premature — the letter to, the Palmerston Chairman notwithstanding. In our next issue, will Imve. a few. words to s.-iy about the so-ealtud at thority from Parliament, and analyse the bona fides of a report. .received \ from a certain official, who is deaply. .-'interested m ojie particular jroute white offering his. opiuion on both. We understand an effort is to be made by a certain member of the Manawatu Highway* Board, at it a meeting on Friday, to have the advertising of the Board done m Rctnijitikei Advocate, as we^ as m bot h the Man,a\vatu paper*. We must certninly protest a£:tin3t. any sucii useless expenditure of the funds o.f th,e CoAifUty, We know that the TTME3 circulates largely m Sunson, Feilding, Halccnnhe, Foxton. and Otuki ; and we presume that our Foxton contemporary fois also, on extended circulation m the various centres of population m the Coun.ty. Such heing t ho. case, then, we fail to see w,hy nay Buch proposition should be male, unle.-*3 indeed it. is to perpet ra,t o. a bit. of -jobbery. The Advocata is a very excellent jouinal, and no doubt is most useful m its own sp.here, but it has suavely yet arrived at the stage, to be con. : sideretl the representative. p-,i])ei* of the Ciast. We trust that tho mem hers of the. Hoard will sen through the little scheme to give a friend a lift at the. expense o.f the Coun.ty. A meeting ojFthe.Fnlmeiviton North School Committee was called for Mon.day evening last, at seven, p.m., but with th,at not>le disregard of pu.net u.-ility which distinguishes our Pajmerston pul»lir men, half-past !<even arrived and only three cp.m mil tee-men had put m. an appe.-i ance ;. consequently no ltu.sine^s could be clone, and. tlie meeting was adjourned until Monday, the 13th inM.. This adjournment was the more to he rogreited as arrangements were required to b^ made foy the C-nildrpa's Picnic, which the gentlemen present Undertook to. make arrangements for, and, report the same to the. nf;xt Committee meeting. We belice thai that most powerful auxiliary, a ladies' i-oinmitteos, will be. called m to aid their efforts. As the election of a new Committee is about tc take place, we should, advise the catepnyers. to . U\\e 119: ice of these w)io attended at the meetings regularly. We perceive froin^ a tab.ulated return prepared by the secretary that many gentlemen wlio allowed themselves to be elected imagins that with their return all responsibility encle